Indicator



B. MILLER INDICATOR Feb. 13, 1923.

Filed Apr. 25, 1921 Patented Feb. l3, I823.

FAT @Fflfili BARNET MILLER, OF ROCKVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

INDICATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEI MILLER, a subject of the ruling Government of Russia,

and a resident of Roclrville, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, have invented new and Improved Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of indicaters used in connectionvwith vehicles to indicate intended operations thereof, and. an

object of my invention, among others, is to produce a device of this class that shall be comparatively inexpensive in construction and simple and effective in operation.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved indicator with one side of the case removed and with the indicating device in its closed position.

Figure 2 is an end View of the same Figure 3 is a view in side elevation looking at the opposite side of the device from that shown in F igure 1.

Figure 4C is a view similar to Figure 1 but with the indicating device in its open or incheating position, parts being broken away to show construction.

li Iy improved device comprises an inclosing case formed preferably of sheet metal bent up from a blank of proper form and including sides 5 with a cross piece 6 at the top and cross pieces 7 and 8 at the back, the cross piece 8 connectingprojections 9 at the back of the case. A blank of proper form is bent into shape with the sides parallel and the cross pieces 6 may be formed integral with the sides where possible, and \vh ere this is impractical the ends may be socured as by brazing, soldering, or the like.

A clamp frame 10 of U-shape is securedto the cross piece 8 and has a clamp screw 11 by means of which it may be secured to the door 19 of an automobile, or to such other part of the side of the automobile body as may he found practical.

An indicating device, as a hand 13, is secured to the end of a lazy tongs structure 14:, the opposite end of the frame of the ,lazy tongs structure being secured to the inner surface of one of the sides 5 of the case.

I am aware that a frame comprising a lazy tongs str icture with a hand mounted at the end of such frame has heretofore been employed as an indicating device, and I do not herein lay claim to such feature of itself, my invention comprising the means for attaching the lazy tongs structure to the case and for operating the frame. To this end I provide a bar 15 having raised ends 16 spaced from the side 5 to which it is attached, such bar being secured in any suitable manner, as by means of rivets. The end of one of the main and longer bars 17 of the lazy tongs is pivotally secured to the raised part of one end of the bar 15 and to the raised part at the other end of said bar another and shorter member 18 of the lazy tongs is secured. An operating handle 19 is rigidly secured to the bar 18 at a point near the pivot 20 that secures it to the bar 15, this handle projecting through the opening between the cross pieces 8 and 6, said handle having free play between said cross pieces, the cross piece 6 forming a stop for the handle to determine the extent of outward movement of the lazy tongs and the clamp frame 10 forming a rest for the handle when the lazy tongs is in its closed position and the indicating device is within the ease. The handle 19 is so secured to the member 18 that when the lazy tongs is in its closed position the point of attachment of the handle will be practically level with the flat part of the frame 10 so that the handle member restssecurely thereon and the parts are so constructed that when in this closed position the upper pivots will have been carried past a vertical plane and the bars will slant backwardly from the bottom upward so that the force of gravity will tend to hold the frame in its closed position.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operationof my invention, together with the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

I claim 1. An indicator comprisinga case includ ing sides with cross pieces therefor to secure them together, a lazy tongs frame secured to the inside of the case and comprising pairs of members pivotally united, a single member piyotally secured at one end to the inner end of one of the members of the inner pair of said members, said single member being pivotzilly secured at it, opposite end to it fixed pivot, and a handle cured to said single member between its pivotal points, said handle projecting through the heck of the cas p 2. An indicating device comprising a case hziving an opening at the back, a supporthar secured to the inner face of one of the sides or the case, ii lazy tongs frame having the ends oi? two bars thereof pi'votully secured to the opposite end of said supporting bin; a handle rigidly secured to one of the lazy hers, and an indicating device secured to the outer end of the lazy tongs frame.

3. An indicating device comprising :i case including sides, a supporting; her secured between the inneriiece of one of said sides and having raised ends it lazy tongs ifrmne hm ing trio of its ban-s pivotally secured at their encitto the raised ends of said su aporting,

her, an iinlicuting device secured to the outer end of the lazy tongs frame, and e handle rigidly secured to one of the bars of the lazy tongs frame and projecting through an opening at the back of the case.

l. An indicating device comprising a case including sides, a supporting her secured the inner face of one of said sides, a, lazy ton s frame having EL member of one of its pairs of bars pivotully secured to said supporting bar at one end, said frame having a member of another pair of its bars piv'otelly secured at its end to the opposite end of said suppont ehendle rigidly secured to the last mentioned her of the lazy tongs frame near its pivot and projecting through an ooening at the hack of the ease, and an indicatingdevice secured to the outer end of the lazy tongs frame.

BAR/NET MILLER. 

